The Director of Public Prosecutions has secured the conviction of four people who killed Member of Parliament Hon. George Muchai, his two bodyguards, and a driver.
Justice Kanyi Kimondo of Milimani High Court convicted Erick Munyera Isabwa, Raphael Kimani Gacii, Mustafa Kimani Anyonyi, and Stephen Asitiva Lipapo for the four counts of murder.
The four are already serving death sentences at Kamiti Maximum Prison for the offence of Robbery with violence.
The particulars of the offence is that on the night of 6th and 7th February 2015, along Kenyatta Avenue within Nairobi County, they jointly murdered Hon. George Mukuru Muchai, PC Samuel Kimathi Kailikia, PC Samuel Lekakeny Matanta, and PC Stephen Ituu Wambugu.T
he four accused persons were convicted after the High Court established that the Prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt by demonstrating that the accused persons acted with a common purpose.
The prosecution called 37 witnesses.
Among those who testified was Ronald Nyangaresi, a newspaper vendor on Kenyatta Avenue, who said that on the night of the incident at around 3.40am, a vehicle stopped and the Late Hon. Muchai, a regular customer for 10 years, asked for newspapers.
As he prepared to hand over some newspapers, another saloon car blocked Muchai’s vehicle before a masked man carrying a G3 rifle emerged from the co-driver’s side, and shots rang out.Muchai’s wife, Susan Nyawira Muchai, and her sister, Judy Wanjiku Ngige, told the court they were travelling in a vehicle ahead of Hon. Muchai’s car after leaving Galileo Lounge in Westlands.
They stopped after noticing that Hon. Muchai’s vehicle had stopped and heard gunshots. They found the four occupants shot, with the vehicle’s windows shattered.
Michael Ngatia Gituto testified that his Nissan Sunny, KBF 796A, was carjacked at about 10:00pm on February 6th, 2015, along Waiyaki Way. He said the vehicle was later used to block Muchai’s car.Gladys Waithera and her sister Irene Wambui also testified that they were carjacked, blindfolded, and forced into the boot of their vehicle.
They said the vehicle stopped at one point and they heard four or five gunshots before they were abandoned at Kamandura near Tigoni.
Ballistics examiner Alex M. Mwadawiro and CCTV analyst Inspector Jackson Cheboi also testified.Inspector Cheboi produced CCTV footage containing 35 number plates captured near Kenyatta Avenue.
Four autopsy reports produced by Dr. Johansen Oduor showed that the victims died from gunshot wounds caused by a high-velocity firearm fired at close range.
The court has ordered for their previous records to be obtained and for the Probation Department to prepare the Pre-sentence report and Victim Impact Statements.The court has set 16th December 2026 for the Sentencing Hearing.
The case was prosecuted by Peris Maina.
